Plate hanger



G. A. GRANT Jan. 2, 1951 PLATE HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 26,1947 I 6 A m d W 6 Jan. 2, 1951 G. A. GRANT 2,536,278

PLATE HANGER Filed July 26, 1947 2 Sfieets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Gordan A,Gram BY (J A TTOR/VEY Patented Jan. 2, 1951 Application July 26, 1947,Serial No. 763,922

3 Claims.

It is customary to hang ornamental plates and the like for displaypurposes.

It is my object to provide a simple inexpensive device which can beapplied to plates of different sizes and shapes.

Another object is to provide such a device which can be packed in asmall space.

Another object is to provide a device which can be easily and quicklyadjusted to a plate.

Accordingly, I provide a number of cross pieces, each of which isbendable, to fit the rear of a plate and has hooks to engage its edge.Each cross piece has at least one perforated lug and the pieces aredrawn tightly into engagement with the opposite edges of the plate bymeans of a cord or wire passing through these lugs. Preferably eachcross piece has a perforated lug at each end and another between theends so as to adapt the device to various methods of connection. Suchdevices can be suspended from a cross piece or from the wire or cordwhich connects them.

Fig. l is a rear view of a plate with one form of supporting deviceattached.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing a plate supported from awall by the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a back view of a blank for forming the main cross piece of thedevice. 5

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the cross piece and showing in dotted lineshow the cross piece is bent when applied. I

Figs. 5 and 6 are edge and cross sectional views of the cross piece.

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are rear views of three methods of applying the device.

Each cross piece such as I0, I is preferably formed of sheet metal suchas aluminum to be applied to the rear of a plate 12 near its edge and isbendable to adapt it to the wall of the plate which is usually conical.It has a hook l3 at each end adapted to fit around the edge of the platein an inconspicuous manner. This hook may be ribbed at I4 to strengthenit if desired. Each cross piece is preferably curved on an arc of aradius large enough so that it can be applied to large plates as well assmall ones and the hooks project outwardly from the main portion. Eachcross piece preferably has a perforated lug I at each end and anotherperforated lug i6 midway between the ends through which a cord or wiretie can be passed to draw oppositely disposed cross pieces into snugengagement with the plate.

Figs. 1 and 2 show the attachment to consist of two cross piecesone atthe top and one at the bottom connected by a wire H fastened at itsupper end to the central lug l6 and branched to the end lugs l5, l5below. When this wire or cord is twisted or tied tightly the crosspieces will grip the opposite edges of the plate which can then besuspended for instance by a ring or clip 11 on a nail I8 or otherconventional hanger or hook driven into the wall H9. The ring 11 alsoserves to twist the wire for adjusting the distance between the crosspieces.

In Fig. '7 I have shown the two cross pieces connected by a single wireor cord 20 fastened to the central lugs of the upper and lower crosspieces. This device can be hung from a ring or loop 2| fastened to theupper lug l5 or to the cord or wire.

In Fig. 8 cords or wires 22, 23, 24 and 25 are fastened to the end lugsof the upper and lower cross pieces and connected together near thecenter and provided with a hanger ring or clip 25' for suspension.

In Fig. 9 I have shown four cross pieces applied to corners of anoctagonal plate 30 and connected by a cord or wire 3! which extendsthrough all of the end lugs. This can be suspended from rings or clips32, 32 attached to the opposite sides of the cord or wire.

Such a device not only affords a simpleand convenient means forsupporting a plate or platter but actually strengthens it. This is quiteimportant especially if the plate is cracked or fragile.

I claim:

1. A plate hanger comprising two cross pieces adapted to be applied toopposite edges of a plate, each cross piece having an integral hook ateach end integral with the cross piece for fitting around an edge of theplate and a lug at each end and a lug midway between the ends and a cordconnecting said latter lug with some of said end lugs for drawing thecross pieces against the plate.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cross-piece for plate hangerscomprising a single strip of flat bendable sheet metal having a hookintegral therewith at each end bent to enable the strip to be hookedaround the edge of a plate, said strip being flexible so as to curvealong the back of a plate and having perforated lugs integral with thestrip projecting from the rear of the strip adjacent said hooks andathird perforated lug integral with the strip near its center, said lugsproviding means for connecting one strip to another strip when thestrips are applied to the back of a plate.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a pair of spaced elongatedmetal strips bendable to conform to the arc of the rear surface of ashallow circular plate adjacent its outer edge, each strip having aperforated lug at each end adjacent one corner thereof, a hookedextension at each opposite corner adapted to be engaged over the edge ofthe plate and a perforated lug midway its ends along one edge thereof,flexible members twisted together at one end and secured to the middlelug of one strip, the other end of the flexible members being secured tothe end lugs of the other strip and a ring member secured to theflexible members for suspending the twist the flexible members foradjusting and tightening the strips on the plate.

GORDON A. GRANT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 0 Number Name Date 1,962,730 Boyd June 12, 19342,209,972 Horwitt Aug. 6, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date GreatBritain Oct. 6, 1937

